Executives from Ulta Beauty, J.Crew, Walmart, Tapestry, American Eagle Outfitters and Other Leading Companies to Judge Retail and DTC Peers’ Marketing and Ecommerce Achievements

CommerceNext today announced that nominations are now open for its 2023 CommerceNexty Awards, which celebrate excellence in ecommerce and digital marketing. The awards will be judged by CommerceNext’s Advisory Board, a group of over 50 ecommerce and retail leaders, and will include two honorary awards for a Marketing Visionary and Digital Disruptor. Winners will be announced at the 2023 CommerceNext Ecommerce Growth Show, which will take place June 20-21 in New York City. The invite-only conference provides leaders from retail and direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands with a collaborative, communal space to discuss best practices and strategies for marketing and ecommerce growth.

“The CommerceNexty Awards highlight the people and companies behind the year’s best campaigns and innovative solutions to elevating brand stories and cultivating long-term relationships with consumers,” said CommerceNext Co-Founder Veronika Sonsev. “Executives from the retail and ecommerce space can recognize one to two people who are driving truly significant results by nominating their accomplishments.”

Last year’s CommerceNexty honorees included E.L.F. BEAUTY, Bombas, Old Navy, TULA Skincare, Made In Cookware, Warby Parker, Gainful, and American Eagle Outfitters. The peer-reviewed awards identify and celebrate the best marketing and ecommerce achievements among retail and ecommerce professionals.

Nominations are now open for the categories below. Marketing and ecommerce executives who would like to nominate themselves, a client or a colleague can do so by completing the nomination form by April 14, 2023.

This year’s award categories are:

1. Marketing Innovator of the Year
2. Most Impactful Social Responsibility Campaign
3. Best Use of Data or Technology in Marketing
4. Most Effective Brand Storytelling
5. Outstanding New Ecommerce Experience
6. Best Use of a New Channel
7. Women in Retail’s Top Woman of the Year Award (an award created in partnership with the Women in Retail Leadership Circle)

The category finalists will be selected on May 3rd and voting on the finalists will take place from May 3-23rd. Winners will be selected based on a combination of votes, with a popular vote contributing 50% of the overall score and votes from CommerceNext’s board of judges contributing the other 50%. The CommerceNexty Award winners will be announced at the close of the CommerceNext Ecommerce Growth Show on June 21, 2023.

This year’s board of judges includes:

Web Smith, Founder at 2PM

Roberto Croce, SVP Global Digital Commerce at American Eagle Outfitters

Jeff Gerstel, CMO at B&H Photo

Liesel Walsh, frmr SVP Marketing & Customer Experience at Boston Proper

Joe Megibow, CEO at Bright Cellars

Elyse Burack, Head of Consumer Marketing at Capsule

Lev Peker, frmr CEO at Carlotz

Emily Hickey, Co-Founder & CEO at Chief Detective Growth Consulting

Vivian Chang, Head of DTC Practice at Clorox

Matt Gehring, CMO at Dutch

Ekta Chopra, Chief Digital Officer at E.L.F. BEAUTY

Amy Africa, CEO at Eight By Eight

Doug Jensen, SVP, GTM Analytics & Activation and Learning COE at Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.

Vijay Talwar, Chief Digital and Customer Officer at Dufry Group

Brian Seewald, SVP, Ecommerce at EXPRESS

Todd Lehr, CTO at FIGS

Sunil Kaki, CMO at FIGS

Geoff Sanders, CMO at Firstleaf

Charlie Cole, CEO at FTD

Bree Casart, Head of Digital at Hanna Andersson

Shawna Hausman, frmr CMO at Health-E Commerce

Derek Yarbrough, CMO at J.Crew Group

Sarah Rasmusen, Chief Customer Officer at Lands' End

Qun Wei, Head of Analytics at Lemonade

Scott Ableman, frmr CMO at LevelFields

Andrew Fried, SVP, Direct to Consumer at Mint Mobile

Suruchi Shukla, Vice President Marketing at Minted

Emily Culp, Board Member at Mizzen + Main, Stio & Cordial

Julie Evans, VP and CMO at Omaha Steaks

Angela Hsu, CMO at Overstock

Barkha Saxena, SVP & GM Shoppers and CDO at Poshmark

David Cost, VP of Ecommerce and Marketing at Rainbow

Jenna Flateman Posner, CDO at SNIPES

Liana Thompson, Vice President, Global Ecommerce at Stuart Weitzman

Noam Paransky, Chief Omni and Innovation Officer at Tapestry

Jason Nickel, SVP of Marketing at Ten Thousand

Mike Lackman, CEO at Trade Coffee

Billy May, Retail CEO and Board Member, Executive Chair, Board of Directors at Trademark Partners Global

Jeff Hamm, VP, Digital Experience and Operations at Ulta Beauty

Alex Waldman, Co-Founder & Creative Director at Universal Standard

Malena Higuera, General Manager at Urban Decay

Daren Hull, frmr President at Vera Bradley

Sarah Henry, VP, Head of Content, Influencer, & Commerce at Walmart

Naomi Jacobs, Sr. Director, Head of Social at Walmart

Jon Mandell, frmr SVP, Global Membership Marketing & Commerce at WW

Leslie Emmons Burthey, frmr Head of Commerce at WW

Pano Anthos, Managing Partner at XRC Labs

About CommerceNext

CommerceNext is a community, event series and conference for marketers at retail and direct-to-consumer brands. In addition to the annual CommerceNext Ecommerce Growth Show and the esteemed CommerceNexty Awards program, CommerceNext also produces and hosts podcasts, webinars, industry research, an executive dinner series and an online community. Inc. Magazine named CommerceNext to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in 2022 and also included the CommerceNext Ecommerce Growth Show in their list of the Top 5 e-commerce conferences for 2019/2020. The next CommerceNext summit takes place June 20-21, 2023, at the New York Hilton Midtown. To learn more about CommerceNext, visit https://commercenext.com.

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